[Ifeffit] 1st North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference

[Carlo Segre]

Hello All:

Please share this announcement with anyone whom you feel might be 
interested. I am positive that I am not getting this out to the entire 
core shell spectroscopy community.

The abstract deadline has been extended until June 1 for oral 
presentations.

----  Conference Announcement ----

1st North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference

to be held jointly with the 59th Denver X-ray Conference

2-6 August 2010 Ι Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, Denver, CO
<https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=1454471>

The first North American Core Shell Spectroscopy Conference will be held 
jointly with the 59th Denver X-Ray Conference, 2-6 August 2010.  The conference 
will feature poster sessions as well as oral presentations and students, in 
particular are encouraged to participate with oral presentation submissions.

All topics relating to core shell spectroscopy are welcome, including:

·         X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
·         X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Fluorescence Mapping
·         Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering / X-ray Raman Scattering
·         X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

The conference will feature a special session and dinner in honor of Ed Stern. 
The list of invited speakers for this special session includes

    Dr. Mali Balasubramanian, Argonne National Laboratory
    Prof. Jerry Seidler, University of Washington
    Prof. Anatoly Frenkel, Yeshiva University
    Dr. Ken Kemner, Argonne National Laboratory
    Prof. John Rehr, University of Washington
    Prof. Michael Paesler, North Carolina State University

The other invited speakers are:
    Dr. Corwin Booth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Prof. James Penner-Hahn, University of Michigan
    Prof. Daryl Crozier - Simon Fraser University
    Prof. Bruce Bunker - University of Notre Dame
    Prof. Trevor Tyson - New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Dr. Joshua Kas - University of Washington
    Dr. Simon Bare - UOP LLC

Participants will be able to attend Denver X-Ray Conference Sessions being held 
in adjacent rooms.

Details of the oral presentation sessions will be posted on the DXC web site 
<http://www.dxcicdd.com/default.htm> as they are available.

Students are able to register for a reduced cost, are eligible for special 
student room rates <http://www.dxcicdd.com/10/details.htm#studentrooms>, and 
may apply for funding 
<http://www.dxcicdd.com/10/files/2010-DXC-Student-Travel-Grant-application.pdf> 
to attend the conference.

Abstract submissions for oral presentations will be open until June 1
and can be made on the Denver X-Ray Conference web site by selecting the 
"Submit Abstract for the Joint Meeting with the North American Core Shell 
Spectroscopy Conference" link on the left side of the page (the 8th button 
down) or directly at the abstract submission page 
<http://www.dxcicdd.com/cssc/cssc_abstract.asp>.


For more information, visit  http://www.dxcicdd.com   or contact:

Denise Flaherty, Conference Coordinator

flaherty at icdd.com<mailto:flaherty at icdd.com>

ICDD

12 Campus Boulevard

Newtown Square, PA 19073

-- 
Carlo U. Segre -- Professor of Physics
Associate Dean for Graduate Admissions, Graduate College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Voice: 312.567.3498            Fax: 312.567.3494
segre at iit.edu   http://www.iit.edu/~segre   segre at debian.org